 Neanderthals were separate species, says new human family tree May 04, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 62 vote(s)
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A new, simplified family tree of humanity, published on Sunday, has dealt a blow to those who contend that the enigmatic hominids known as Neanderthals intermingled with our forebears. | |
 Idaho team readies artificial beak for wounded bald eagle May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(AP) -- She has been named Beauty, though this eagle is anything but. Part of Beauty's beak was shot off several years ago, leaving her with a stump that is useless for hunting food. A team of volunteers ... | |
 Glowing sugars light up zebrafish May 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Using artificial sugar and some clever chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, researchers have made glow-in-the-dark fish whose internal light comes from the sugar coating on their cells. | |
 Large mammal species live harder, die out faster May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Throughout Earth’s history, species have come and gone, being replaced by new ones that are better able to cope with life’s challenges. But some species last longer than others, while others may die out sooner ... | |
Fungi have a hand in depleted uranium's environmental fate May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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Fungi may have an important role to play in the fate of potentially dangerous depleted uranium left in the environment after recent war campaigns, according to a new report in the May 6th issue of Current Biology, ... | |
 Turning fungus into fuel May 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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A spidery fungus with a voracious appetite for military uniforms and canvas tents could hold the key to improvements in the production of biofuels, a team of government, academic and industry researchers has ... | |
 Is this the rice super-gene? May 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Researchers in China have pinpointed an elusive gene that plays a linchpin role in determining the harvest potential of rice, according to a study released on Sunday by the journal Nature Genetics. | |
Survey shows US honey bee deaths increased over last year May 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(AP) -- A survey of bee health released Tuesday revealed a grim picture, with 36.1 percent of the nation's commercially managed hives lost since last year. | |
Seed dispersal in mauritius -- dead as a dodo? May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Walking through the last rainforests on the volcanic island of Mauritius, located some 800 km east of Madagascar, one is surrounded by ghosts. Since human colonisation in the 17th century, the island has lost most of its ... | |
Stressed seaweed contributes to cloudy coastal skies, study suggests May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Scientists at The University of Manchester have helped to identify that the presence of large amounts of seaweed in coastal areas can influence the climate. | |
EU urged to reject 3 new biotech crops May 05, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Environmental groups appealed to the European Union on Monday to reject applications from the biotech industry to approve one newly engineered potato variety and two corn crops. | |
 Beetle-ravaged forests prompt campground closures in Rockies May 05, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Vacationers will have fewer places to pitch their tents this summer in Colorado and Wyoming, and they can place the blame on bugs. The U.S. Forest Service has closed some popular campgrounds in the ... | |
 A new idea for how anti-aging products delay ripening of fruit and wilting of flowers May 02, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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When plants encounter ethylene, a gas they also produce naturally as a hormone, the result is softening and ripening in the case of fruit, and wilting and fading in the case of flowers – all of which ethylene ... | |
Bees disease -- 1 step closer to finding a cure May 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Scientists in Germany have discovered a new mechanism of infection for the most fatal bee disease. American Foulbrood (AFB) is the only infectious disease which can kill entire colonies of bees. Every year, this notifiable ... | |
 Scientists identify key roadblock to gene expression 17 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A team of scientists has provided, for the first time, a detailed map of how the building blocks of chromosomes, the cellular structures that contain genes, are organized in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. ... | |
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